today is something south of a california gang war. >> eric: that is not fair to say. >> bob: it is, true. it is. >> greg: l.a. gangs? >> bob: what would you say about it? >> eric: because it splintered off to cells and it doesn't fall under one man's rule. that being made it's weaker or not more vast? there is an argument to be made it's in yemen, it's in libyan, lebanon. it might be bigger than it was on 9/11 of 2001. >> bob: a lot of terrorist organizations -- >> eric: let's get back to the topic. why white house scrubbed al-qaeda from -- >> bob: they didn't scrub it. >> eric: whatever they did. the white house -- >> bob: they didn't do it. >> eric: two questions. number one, why did they do it? i disagree. i don't think they did it because of an attack on american soil prior to election is bad thing. go to las vegas the day after four americans are dead or in the hours of aftermath of four americans dying, isn't good. a and there is no way to cover that up. >> greg: fair point. >> eric: number two, you guys may not agree with me even on the right, why did general petraeus -- i just ca